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From facials to massages, Seekonk's Tranquil Waters offers specialized spa services to meet all of your personal needs.
Keep those pores clear with a relaxing facial courtesy of the spa's expert aestheticians.
For effective skin care treatments, such as a steam bath, head to Tranquil Waters.
Every face has a different hairstyle that suits it best. Allow this spa's stylists to pinpoint the right one for you.
This spa offers the latest and hottest trends in nail fashion, including nail art.
Smooth and healthy skin starts with Tranquil Waters' hair removal services.
With a dental treatment, such as Invisalign, you can maintain your oral health.
Tranquil Waters offers some of the best beauty services in the city. Come in and see what their work with eyelash extensions and make up application can do.
Relieve some tension with a personalized massage from this spa.
This spa is waiting for your call to set up an appointment. No walk-ins accepted.
Tranquil Waters has plenty of spa treatments to choose from, as long as you don't mind paying the price for luxury services.
Paying by major credit card is always a payment option at this highly-rated establishment.
Tranquil Waters provides easy access to an adjacent lot.
If your preferred mode of transit is of the two wheel variety, you're in luck — there's tons of bike parking outside the spa.
In addition to all of that, Tranquil Waters has the perfect shades for every season, and they are constantly updating their inventory. Be sure to check it out!

Before she took her first yoga class in 2003, Kelly O'Connell led a very different life than she does today. According to a story by Leigh Medeiros of Seekonk-Swansea Patch, O'Connell spent her days stretching herself thin as a principal in a stock brokerage firm before she decided to try a new kind of stretching: heated yoga. Through the practice, O'Connell found herself growing not only more physically flexible, but also more mentally adaptable. She told Medeiros, "I used to get lost in my emotions, but now there’s space between me and everything else that happens in the world. In that space there’s peace.”
To share the inner harmony she had discovered, O'Connell earned her yoga-instructor certification in 2008. She went on to complete several advanced trainings, including becoming a certified yoga life coach, a certified yoga personal trainer, and an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) through Yoga Alliance. Today she owns and operates Yoga One, where she and her team guide adults and kids toward finding balance both in and out of the studio. They also host teacher trainings and events, including a book club, Reiki sessions, and meditation workshops featuring chocolate tastings that stimulate the mind and taste buds better than eating a haiku written in alphabet soup.

Not Your Average Joe’s
Steve Silverstein was tired. Tired of driving into the city just to get a good meal, and tired of paying too much for the food once he got there. So Steve decided to take matters into his own hands and create Not Your Average Joe’s, a chain of internationally inspired restaurants located in the suburbs of Boston, Washington DC, and other major metropolitan areas.
Today, there are 18 Not Your Average Joe's locations serving up quality fare without pretension. There, appetizers of asian chicken dumplings and chouriço-stuffed quahogs give way to both casual grill fare and gourmet entrees. Hand-formed burgers come dressed in bacon and one of five cheeses, while stone-hearth pizzas don both classic and unusual toppings such as pistachios and rosemary. And, there are also entrees inspired by cuisines from all over the globe including a five-meat smokehouse jambalaya and a curry- and peanut-anointed vietnamese salmon. Joe's also offers a gluten-free menu, and because each dish is created from scratch the moment it’s ordered, diners can customize meals to accommodate their needs, whether they're following a low-carb, no-carb, or quadruple-carb diet.

In 1967, William J. Cuddigan began tilling and transforming his farmland using natural grasses and wooded barriers, slowly building what has since grown into a family fun center replete with a miniature golf course, batting cages, and a 52-stall driving range. The Cuddigan family still tends to the landscape, honoring William's original design while updating the facility with modern amenities. Covered and heated hitting stalls line the driving range, enabling players to practice in a natural setting throughout the year. The 18-hole miniature golf course has also seen many renovations but, like a recurring dream, many of its original features—windmill, lighthouse, and sinister clown nose hole—have been faithfully preserved.

Don't limit yourself: Seekonk Total Fitness in Seekonk is the perfect place to test your strength, endurance, and drive.
Every great place has a restaurant on the side. When you come to this gym, it's no different.
Having trouble finding that family-friendly activity everyone will love? This gym is made for all ages, so little ones are welcome to come along, too.
Next time you stop by, ask about one of their amazing personal trainers who can help you with proper form and exercise routines.
Pack quite the punch practicing kickboxing.
It's about time you started trying cross fit to maximize your physique's potential.
Parking is plentiful, so visitors can feel free to bring their vehicles.

Monster Mini Golf welcomes guests of all ages with 18 holes of spooky, glow-in-the-dark fun. Fog machines, colorful lasers, and special effects lighting surround the custom-designed indoor course. Meanwhile, an energetic soundtrack of 70s, 80s, and 90s party music keeps spirits high as the visitors conquer each hole’s monster-themed obstacles and hazards. In between songs, the course DJ pumps up the crowds with interactive games and trivia questions, rewarding lucky winners with take-home prizes. Groups of family and friends can visit Monster Mini Golf’s arcade and play on the glowing air hockey tables, skee ball machines, and other games.

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In Boston, a sunny day is not complete without a delicious meal or cocktail on the patio. Of course, man’s best friend loves the warm weather as well, but not every place allows pooches to hang out with the patrons. Here are three spots that have their welcome mats and doggie treats ready to go.
The Terrace at Tamo Bistro & Bar | 1 Seaport Ln.
All summer long, the Seaport Hotel’s Tamo Terrace welcomes furry friends for Cocktails and Canines, held on Wednesdays through August from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. They roll out the red carpet with plenty of fresh and organic dog treats, plus a delightful selection of human-only cocktails.
The Yard at the Liberty Hotel | 215 Charles St.
The Yard at the Liberty Hotel hosts Yappier Hour every Wednesday night from April through October. From 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., enjoy a cocktail from the full bar while your dog sips a pup-tini. A snack menu from Clink seals the deal, though the comfy couches certainly don’t hurt.
Flour Bakery + Cafe | 1595 Washington St.
Of course, it’s easy enough to create your own puppy picnic by taking advantage of the patio spaces all around Boston. Start the day off right with a latte and a sticky bun at the South End location of Flour, where dogs can sun out on the patio.
Still hungry? Check out Groupon’s latest deals on restaurants in Boston.

This article is part of Amanda Maguire’s Vegan Guide to Boston, which profiles Boston’s best vegan products and businesses.
One of the biggest concerns in going vegan is the prospect of having to give up your favorite comfort foods: the baked macaroni and cheese, the burgers with all the toppings, the old-fashioned milk shakes too thick to drink with a straw.
Fear not, because Veggie Galaxy Diner & Vegan Bakery (450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge) has you covered. Owned by Adam Penn, Veggie Galaxy serves up plant-based meals that will take you right back to your childhood. Well, assuming your childhood included delicious meals made from scratch, right down to the burger buns and ketchup. I paid a visit to Veggie Galaxy to chat with Penn about his epic diner food and what makes it so noteworthy.
GROUPON: What is Veggie Galaxy's best-selling menu item?
ADAM PENN: Our best-selling item since the beginning has been the Kendall Square Burger.
[Editor’s note: It’s a black-bean or mushroom-chickpea burger topped with beer-battered onion rings, roasted red pepper purée, roasted garlic mayo, and baby arugula.]
G: Could you tell us a little about the inspiration behind this dish and whether you initially expected it to be so popular?
AP: As a vegetarian/vegan diner, we knew from the beginning that there would always be some tension regarding … healthy food versus traditional comfort food. The Kendall Burger, topped with giant deep-fried onion rings, was our nod to the comfort food side of things, and it quickly became clear that that's what most of our customers are looking for. We still try to provide some healthy options as well, but most of our customers come to us because we're first and foremost a diner.
G: Are there any new menu additions you're particularly excited about? I noticed you offer Blue Plate Specials each week.
AP: Our most recent weekly Blue Plate Special is vegan chicken and waffles. It [was] a customer request a while back, and we finally got around to doing it. It's been more popular than we even imagined, so we extended it to a second week and are now planning to put it on our late-night menu. … We also recently added a Meatless Monday meatball sub, which is one of my personal favorites.
G: What makes Veggie Galaxy's food taste like home?
AP: Pretty much everything is prepared from scratch, including items that people at home would normally just buy from the grocery store, like our condiments, our seitan, and our burger buns. So, in our opinion, it's better than home.
G: Why did you opt to go plant-based with your menu and strictly vegan with your baked goods?
AP: The reasons for going vegetarian and vegan are pretty well known at this point, and it's not something we like to preach about. We're providing vegetarians and vegans the opportunity to enjoy classic diner foods without the meat. While we do have dairy and eggs on the menu, pretty much anything can be made vegan. We wanted to make sure vegans could enjoy our desserts, too, so we left the eggs and dairy out of those altogether.
G: What has been your best moment as a business owner at Veggie Galaxy?
AP: I don't know if I can point to one best moment. When we have a full dining room of happy customers, I can look back on all the effort that has been put in to get to this point and feel content in knowing that we're doing exactly what we set out to do.
G: When you're not making french toast stuffed with vanilla-nut vegan cream cheese, grilled corned-beef seitan reubens, and lemon meringue pie (my personal favorite), what are you cooking at home?
AP: Neither my wife nor I are really cooks. When we do cook, we keep it simple—herbed roasted vegetables over couscous is a favorite. I'm personally a big fan of pasta, so pasta and veggie meatballs are a favorite of mine. Though I have to admit that at home, as opposed to at the restaurant, we just buy the meatballs from the store.
Still hungry? Check out Groupon’s latest deals on vegetarian restaurants in Boston.
Photos: Aaron Scott

Whether you’re building strength during a workout at Harvard Stadium or gawking at preserved muscles at the Body Worlds exhibit, it’s a big week for the human physique. This week also brings Boston’s biggest music fest and a major cultural festival in Cambridge, plus a comic hypnotist whose show is currently featured in a Groupon deal. As always, you can check Groupon for more ideas for things to do in Boston.
Boston Calling
Downtown | September 5–7
The city’s highest profile music festival returns less than four months after its last installment, this time with an even bigger lineup: The National, Lorde, and Nas x The Roots headline each respective night, with Spoon, The Hold Steady, Neutral Milk Hotel, and a dozen others also performing. (City Hall Plaza; $75–$175; buy tickets here)
Cambridge Carnival International
Cambridge | Sunday, September 7
Billed as the largest festival in Cambridge, this celebration of Afro-Caribbean cultures includes everything from creole cuisine to calypso and salsa concerts. But the highlight is the grand costume parade, in which colorful masqueraders and musicians stroll past Central Square. (Kendall Square; free)
The November Project's Stadium Workout
Allston | Every Wednesday
Find it easier to stay motivated when you work out with other people? Then why not surround yourself with a stadium full of them? Of course, the stadium isn’t exactly “full”—you should have plenty of room to climb the concrete-block seats during one of four pre-designed workouts. (65 N. Harvard St.; free)
Comic Hypnotist Frank Santos, Jr.
Theater District | Friday, September 12
We’d tell you to be careful what you say around Frank Santos, Jr., but it wouldn’t help. His entire act consists of hypnotizing audiences into doing and saying things they normally wouldn’t, mostly of the R-rated variety. (Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St.; $15.50 on GrouponLive; buy tickets here)
Body Worlds
Downtown | Through September 14
Time’s running out to catch the Faneuil Hall Marketplace hit, which displays authentic human bodies that have been preserved through a process called plastination. The bodies offer rare insight into the complexities of human anatomy, especially since they’re arranged in poses that show off different organs and muscle groups. (Quincy Market, 4 S. Market St.; $15.50–$22.50; buy tickets here)